HomeStyle: How to know a knob

A new doorknob is one of the easiest and least expensive ways to add a bright spot in place of the ordinary, writes Ron Wolfe in HomeStyle.

Ordinary probably came with the house. It works, and what more could a doorknob do? People are so accustomed to think the least of a doorknob, the name says it. “Knob,” a lump.

But this practical handful of hardware can be so much more than dumb-as-a-doorknob. It can be art and ornament, or in designer talk, “jewelry for the house.”

See tomorrow’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for tips that will help anybody hobnob with the experts on doorknob selection.

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